Tune in for Tech Talk with CHAUVET Professional Product Managers every Thursday on Facebook LIVE at 2pm (EST). For this week’s episode, Ben Dickmann teaches how to make any color and tone with additive CTO+CMY color systems found in CHAUVET Professional RGBAL Full Color and Variable White, Warm White, and Cool White units in Tech Talk: Choosing the Right Light Engine. Get more training at www.chauvetprofessional.com/training/.
Find CHAUVET Professional on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2pm (EST) on Tech Talk, the online training series discussing the topics that matter most to you. This week, dive into preset functions as CHAUVET Professional Product Manager Michael Graham shows how to setup the Maverick MK3 menu map to get the most out of the gear, plus how to load your unique presets into other fixtures for ready-to-go integration. Learn to save time and create dynamic looks with Tech Talk: How-To Setup Maverick Menu Map & Use Preset Sync Functions. Watch more from Tech Talk at www.chauvetprofessional.com/training/.
Tune in to Facebook LIVE Thursdays 2pm (EST) for a real-time Q&A with CHAUVET Professional Product Managers after Tech Talk. In this episode, Product Manager Ben Dickmann discusses “Red Shift.” Watch now to learn how the advent of LEDs changed the classic tungsten glow and how lighting professionals can adapt these advancements to their production designs in Tech Talk: Red Shift. Watch more trainings at www.chauvetprofessional.com/training/.
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You’ve got the gear, now learn how to clean and maintain it with this week’s edition of Tech Talk, 2pm (EST), on Facebook LIVE with CHAUVET Professional Product Manager Michael Graham. Tech Talk: How to Perform Moving Head Maintenance teaches you how to get under the hood of your movers, what you need to get the job done, and how to extend the life of your fixture. Visit our website for more training and tutorials.
Join CHAUVET Professional Product Managers on Facebook LIVE every Thursday at 2 p.m. (EST) for tutorials, training, and live Q&As. This week, CHAUVET Professional Product Manager Anthony Chiappone provides in-depth tutorials on how to setup the CHAUVET Professional F-Series Ground Support 2 Kit, plus gives the rundown on how to apply different curve angles with the DRB-Curve Kit X2. In this episode, learn how to ensure stability and safety during fast and easy setup for dynamic video wall design. Keep training with Tech Talk on the CHAUVET Professional website.
SUNRISE, FL – The just-introduced Ovation CYC 1 FC from CHAUVET Professional is raising the bar by lowering the profile of cyc lights Thanks to its unique close-to-the-ground housing, this sleek and silent cyc light can be positioned unobtrusively on the stage, and in the broadcast studio.
Although its design is discrete and its operation quiet, there is nothing reticent about this convection cooled, RGBAL fixture’s output. With an illuminance of 173 lux at 5 meters, the CYC 1 FC ensures a wide, smooth coverage area, often allowing larger backdrops to be fully illuminated only from the ground, without the need for downlighting. What’s more, since its light source is so near the ground, it can wash backdrops without dark dead areas at the lower end.
The CYC 1 FC‘s low profile, silent operation, and high output make it invaluable, not just as a cyc light, but also a foot light, fill light and side light in a wide variety of applications. An in- built shutter acts like a barn door, cutting the beam to reduce glare. An integrated kick stand adds to the fixture’s versatility.
Drawing on Ovation’s award-winning RGBAL color-mixing technology, the CYC 1 FC produces virtually any hue with the utmost realism and saturation. A virtual color wheel in the unit matches popular gel colors and color temperature pre-sets. The fixture also features 16 bit dimming of the master dimmer and individual colors.
The adjustable Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) feature in the fixture ensures that its flat, even field of light is never disturbed by flickering on camera. This attribute, together with its silent, completely convection cooled operation, make the CYC 1 FC ideally suited for broadcast applications.
“We have always pushed the envelope with new concepts in our Ovation products,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “With the CYC 1 FC, we feel we have done that again with cyc lights.
SUNRISE, FL – Versatility was the watchword at CHAUVET Professional when the company’s design team developed the new Rogue R1 Beam Wash. Capable of producing intense beam effects one moment and soft color washes the next, the compact fixture was engineered to be a flexible and reliable workhorse on any rig, whether on tours, or at live music venues, festivals, theatres, and events.
“The R1 Beam Wash was developed in response to feedback from designers and rental houses who wanted a fixture capable of filling a variety of roles often during the same project,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “We included a number of features in this fixture that enables us to offer versatility without sacrificing performance.”
Among the key features in the Rogue R1 Beam Wash is a unique lens design that allows it to deliver tight beam effects as well as realistic and accurate color blending from its seven 40W RGBW LEDs. The fixture’s six distinct dimming modes and 2800 to 10000 K color temperature range, as well as its extremely wide beam angle (4° to 37.8°) and zoom angle (5° to 58.2°), add to its impressive versatility.
Also distinguishing this newest addition to the universally popular Rogue series is its intense output, which gives it the capability to excel as a blinder, strobe or audience light. The fixture has an output of up to 13,939 lux measured at five meters.
The Rogue R1 Beam Wash’s compact size –it measures 8.42 x 6.29 x 14.52 inches (214 x 160 x 369 mm) – adds to its flexibility, allowing it to be well represented even in tight rigs. Its compactness also enhances the rapid speed of its smooth pan and tilt movements.
Thanks to its selectable Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), this powerful, compact fixture produces flicker free lighting, making it well-suited for applications that will be recorded on video. As befits such a versatile fixture, the Rogue R1 Beam Wash offers simple and complex DMX channel profiles for programming versatility.
At a time when compact fixtures are expected to “multi-task,” the new Rogue R1 Beam Wash is a perfect fit, regardless of which role (or roles) it’s asked to fill.
SUNRISE, FL – Powerful enough to handle the demands of large concert venues, the new Maverick MK3 Profile from CHAUVET Professional also has the versatility needed to excel in a wide range of other applications from high-profile events and festivals, to broadcast projects.
A fully featured 820W LED moving profile fixture, the Maverick MK3 Profile has a blistering output of over 51,000 source lumens, giving it the punch to create intense aerial effects, specials and audience lighting at any touring show. In addition to this eye-popping output, it offers a plethora of high-performance features, including a 4-blade, fully wiping shutter system that can rotate up to 60° in each direction, for a total 120° rotation capability.
Adding to the fixture’s versatility are its precise CMY + CTO color mixing and a fast 9:1 zoom ratio that maintains a flat field, and even focus from 6 degrees all the way out to 54 degrees. Thanks to its two overlapping prisms, two gobo wheels, two frost options (super-light and medium) and an animation wheel, the fixture creates captivating static, and dynamic rotating and animation effects.
Drawing on this extensive array of features, designers can use the Maverick MK3 Profile to create an endless variety of looks to reflect different moods on the concert stage or event venue.
This feature-rich fixture also has an adjustable CRI from 73 to 93 CRI, making it ideally suited to use as a key light in broadcasted applications. In keeping with its flexible design, it also offers a variety of control options including DMX, sACN, Art-Net or W-DMX.
“We’re very excited to be releasing the Maverick MK3 Profile,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “This product is more than just a powerful light, it’s also an extremely versatile tool; one that will open a great number of creative possibilities for designers and rental houses.”
One of the reasons we chose this business, is because it seemed like it would always be fun. I mean think about it, the idea that we would never be chained to a 9 to 5 desk and have to wear a jacket to work has to be fun, right? For the most part, all of this is true. I can only think of two designers who wear jackets to work (you know who you are). Working in this industry can be a blast, but it is totally what you make of it. Depending on the exact field you have chosen, you can find yourself at resorts, on cruises, or in nightclubs. Sometimes it’s a beautiful theatre, and other times it’s a festival. All of these can be really fun environments to find yourself in and most likely, you will remember some aspect of it for the rest of your life. Then a touch of reality sets in…..
Shows like this can be a blast, especially when the atmosphere is good.
Every show has its challenges and no matter how cool your surroundings are, you are going to have to deal with those challenges. There is nothing like coming in the morning after you programmed all night only to hit locate on the console and nothing happens. We’ve all been there, and it sucks. All of a sudden your amazing surroundings just turned into the worst place on the planet and your first emotional response includes a cold drip of sweat down the back of your neck. Troubleshooting is a bear, but when you figure out what the problem was, it’s all good again, right? If you just traced down the problem and fixed it, sure. If you went about it screaming obscenities the entire time, not so much. Don’t forget that you’re not the only one in the room and if just made a complete spectacle of yourself in front of your team and everyone else, it can be hard to recover from that. Keep your problems to yourself and only include people who need to know. This keeps the stress to a minimum and the drama on the stage.
If you are in a place where they let you enjoy the amenities, I highly recommend it. Take advantage of every perk you can. Take lots of pictures and enjoy the moments. Make lots of friends and build up your contacts. If you can keep it all fun, or as much fun as possible, you will have a much better chance of picking up the next gig.